Tasmanian Times
Coroner & Legal
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1.8KAnti-Protest Laws to be Challenged in High Court
*Pic: The moment Bob Brown was arrested … MONDAY March 14 … • Stewart Hoyt, convenor for Forests of Lapoinya Action Group...
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Forestry Managed Investment Schemes: $4 billion more reasons for a Royal Commission
The Senate Economics Committee has today released its report into the collapse of forestry MIS in Australia, detailing the rise and fall...
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Seafish Tasmania fined $40,000. EPA investigation cost $100,000
Seafood processing company Seafish Tasmania has been fined $40,000 for breaching the state’s environmental laws. The company pleaded guilty to dumping more...
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An outsider’s look at the contentious practice of clearfell logging ..
*Pic: Logging Lapoinya … industrial-scale clearfelling in a much-loved local forest … and the future veneer trundles off to Ta Ann (over...
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Gaming the system
The late Padraic P McGuiness, editor of Quadrant and scourge of the left – in a rare moment of magnanimity – once...
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In Defence of Thoughtful Young People …
I’ve only just seen my old friend Charles Wooley’s piece “Deceptions and such pranks are fun”, which appeared in the Tasmanian Times...
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Cr Mike Wilson’s Facebook page …
On February 27th at 8.16pm a “Facebook friend” of Cr Wilson posted a comment on Councillor Wilson’s Facebook page stating as follows:...
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Calling for help from a lawyer …
The legislation that determines pay rises for Tasmanian MPs has two sections that appear to contradict each other, leading to the situation...
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Lapoinya: The Blog …
FRIDAY February 19 … • Letter from Lapoinya #7 Last Friday the 19th of February FLAG launched an exhibition at Artscape in...
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Launched! Wanted …
*Pic: Garry Stannus of Joan and Buck at Petrarch’s Bookshop, Launceston earlier this week … This is a fascinating work for which...
